It’s tax time again. Are you all anxiously waiting to file so we can see how much of our hard-earned money we’re getting back? And are you all dreading the process of getting them filed? Blech. This year there’s much more preparation involved, what with the house and the new small business to deal with. […]

One of my biggest cleaning chores has always been the dog cage. It’s big, it’s unwieldly, and my little guys aren’t too proud to let loose and pee in it from time to time. I’ve gone through a few different “systems” trying to find the best solution to this problem. For a while, I had […]

Our new kitchen faucet is a dud. What a huge disappointment. A few weeks ago we purchased a Pegasus two-handle high spout faucuet, very similar to this one, from Home Depot. We paid $179, an amount of money I had a hard time parting with even though the faucet was very pretty and exactly the […]

In our quest to turn the kitchen into something usable, we got a little carried away. You may recall that our original goal was to get the back side of the house repaired so we would qualify for real insurance, instead of the scary NYPUIA hazard insurance. (The name alone is scary, isn’t it??) We […]

We’ve had a few roof leaks over the past year, and plan to redo one of our roofs in the spring. The original roof was flat, and now has a second roof built up over it. When we do the repairs, we’d like to take it back to a flat roof in keeping with the […]

There is a house two blocks from us that has always interested me. It’s a huge Victorian on Peterboro Street, and it’s porch is always filled with neat looking furniture and collectibles. Recently, I spotted an “Antiques” sign hanging out front and was lucky enough to catch it open. All I can say is WOW. […]

This weekend, our kitchen took another giant step away from a drab, dirty, box of a room we hate to an attractive and functional room we actually WANT to use and spend time in. First, the goodies we purchased to make it happen: A Whitehaus double-bowl farmer sink from Buykitchensinks.com and a very pretty Pegasus […]

Caulk-aholism, that is. I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that Teague is a caulkaholic. The man can go through a dozen tubes in one day, and continues to sneak little beads in here and there months after any project is over and done with. He can’t help himself. And usually, I just stand back and laugh […]

When it comes to craft supplies, I’m a packrat. Little bits of string, altoid tins, pretty-colored dryer lint… to me, these things are bursting with potential. Needless to say, my craft stash can get pretty unweildly. When we had the whole upstairs to fill with useless junk, that didn’t matter much. I was free to […]

We have a few ceilings that could really use a facelift, since popcorn ceilings don’t really say “victorian home” to me. Here’s a step-by-step demonstration of how to get rid of the popcorn look – thought some of you guys might need this also ;) http://www.jasongraphix.com/archive/2005/08/popcorn_ceiling